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ChronWatch; Philip Day, Jr, city college chancellor
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An unidentified person is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech, the second target of the gunman who struck there more than two hours after his first attack.
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An unidentified person is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech, the second target of the gunman who struck there more than two hours after his first attack.
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Philip Day, ex- City College chancellor.
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Philip Day, ex- City College chancellor.
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Ex-Chancellor Philip Day is being investigated on suspicion of diverting public funds to political campaigns.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day quit in 2008.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day quit in 2008.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day was charged with misusing school funds.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day was charged with misusing school funds.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day was charged with misusing school funds.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day was charged with misusing school funds.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day was charged with misusing school funds.
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Former Chancellor Philip Day was charged with misusing school funds.
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Philip Day is accused of shifting college funds to political campaigns.
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Philip Day is accused of shifting college funds to political campaigns.
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Philip Day, former City College of San Francisco chancellor

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City College of San Francisco Assistant Vice Chancellor James Blomquist.

The three are accused of using taxpayers' money to finance donations to local and state community college bond campaigns. Day is also accused of using public money to set up a secret slush fund at the college's foundation, which he allegedly used to pay for his $1,800-a-year membership at the City Club of San Francisco and other expenses.

The district attorney's office investigated the case in response to a Chronicle report on possible financial improprieties in a successful 2005 campaign for a $246.3 million college bond.

Day's lawyer, Cristina Arguedas, asked Judge Paul Alvarado to free her client on his own recognizance, saying Day was being accused only of "technical election law violations."

"There were no dollars going into his pocket," Arguedas said.

But prosecutor Evan Ackiron said it was "categorically not true" that Day was charged with technicalities. In announcing the charges last week, District Attorney Kamala Harris said Day had violated the public trust by misusing taxpayer funds.

The judge set $10,000 bail for the three men. They all posted the amount and were released.

Day, who left the college last year, is on unpaid leave from his post as head of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in Washington, D.C. The college trustees put Herman and Blomquist on paid leave.